Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution
Author
Asenjo, Angélico
Author
Irmler, Ulrich
Author
Klimaszewski, Jan
Author
Chandler, Donald S.
Author
Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo
Author
Vieira, Juliana S.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-21
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Tribe
Arhytodini
Raffray, 1890b
0242.
Caccoplectinus
Chandler & Wolda, 1986: 521
Type
species:
Caccoplectinus afoveatus
Chandler & Wolda, 1886
Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America.
Key:
Chandler & Wolda 1986: 480
(species of the genus).
Distribution.
South America:
French Guiana
.
0243.
Caccoplectus
Sharp, 1887b: 22
Type
species:
Caccoplectus celatus
Sharp, 1887
34 species (
1 in
Mexican amber) are included in this genus from Latin America.
Characters/Description:
Raffray 1904a: 316
(characters in key);
Raffray 1908a: 316
(characters); O.
Park 1944: 242
(characters in key);
Chandler & Wolda 1986: 480
(characters);
Chandler 2002: 50
(characters in key).
Key: O.
Park 1944: 251
(Mexican species);
Chandler 1976a: 304
(species of the genus);
Chandler 1976b: 154
(species of the genus);
Chandler & Wolda 1986: 480
(species of the genus).
Distribution.
West Indies:
Cuba
,
Jamaica
, Trinidad-Tobago.
Central America:
Mexico
,
Guatemala
,
Panama
.
South America:
French Guiana
,
Ecuador
,
Brazil
.
Other regions: Nearctic.
0244.
Pachacuti
Besuchet, 1987: 231
Type
species:
Pachacuti huggerti
Besuchet, 1987
2 species are known from and are restricted to South America.
Distribution.
South America:
Ecuador
,
Bolivia
.
0245.
Rhytus
Westwood, 1870: 126
Type
species:
Rhytus vestitus
Westwood, 1870
Arhytodes
Reitter, 1882b: 209
[synonymized by
Newton & Chandler 1989: 7
, 54]
Type
species:
Rhytus vestitus
Westwood, 1870
15 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description:
Raffray 1908a: 359
(characters in key), 412 (characters as
Arhytodes
);
Chandler 1992a: 339
(characters);
Chandler 2002: 50
(characters in key). Key:
Raffray 1905: 411
(species group);
Raffray 1909: 47
(species of the genus as
Arhytodes
); O.
Park 1942: 344
(species of the genus as
Arhytodes
);
Chandler 1992a: 340
(species of
Panama
). Distribution. Central America:
Mexico
,
Panama
. South America:
Venezuela
,
Peru
,
Bolivia
,
Brazil
,
Argentina
.
0246.
Woldenka
Chandler, 1992a: 342
Type
species:
Woldenka barroensis
Chandler, 1992
Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America.
Distribution.
Central America:
Panama
.